Yes, MSN Messenger is like that. If it connects at all, it's a miracle. Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, and iChat all connect fine over a wireless connection.

I think the problem is that MSN Messenger assumes because there is an Ethernet port, it must be active, even though it's not. It won't assume that a wireless connection, active or not, is the primary connection.

But is strange, I tried erasing the MSN preferences and nothing. And every day the situation started to get worse, I was reconecting over and over again like a maniac but nothing, and today wehn I connected one of the powerbooks directly to the router port the rest of the powerbooks worked just fine with the MSN. I am sharing the internet connection via Linksys directly.

I mean, Apple is the one creating the MSN version for the Macs, is this some kind of sabotage like no adding video conferencing features still?

But is strange, I tried erasing the MSN preferences and nothing. And every day the situation started to get worse, I was reconecting over and over again like a maniac but nothing, and today wehn I connected one of the powerbooks directly to the router port the rest of the powerbooks worked just fine with the MSN. I am sharing the internet connection via Linksys directly.

I mean, Apple is the one creating the MSN version for the Macs, is this some kind of sabotage like no adding video conferencing features still?

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No, Apple isn't responsible for development of MSN Messenger for Macs. Microsoft is responsible, but it's a Mac development group within the company.

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